The series was broadcast in the UK by Channel 4 on successive nights between 20 and 31 August 2017, and shown worldwide by National Geographic, showing in Australia from 31 August,The State Season 1 DVD and premiering in the United States on 18 and 19 September,In France it will also be shown by Canal+ from 4 September.The State is a four-part television serial written and directed by Peter Kosminsky, dramatising the experiences of young British Muslims going to Syria to join Islamic State.